Welcome to the Askew Gallery
Askew Gallery - a community spirited gallery at CP Architects
There is a new Art Gallery on Askew Road! A new gallery that offers a space to enrich the cultural community of Askew Road. It’s an initiative by Matt Hedges and Warren Hagues, partners at CP Architects, and is under their studio in a surprisingly light and large lower ground floor.
Our neighbourhood has a rich cultural heritage and has been the home or workplace of so many creatives over the years. Here’s just a few of them: Eric Ravilious, Julian Trevellyan, Mary Fedden, Emery Walker, Robert Graves, William Morris, Henry Moore, Gertrude Hermes, Leon Underwood, Ruskin Spear, Alfred Daniels, Roger Daltry, Frederick Marryat, Millie Small, George ‘Peckings’ Price - and no doubt you can name many more.
Today the area is still humming with artistic talent and our aim is to create a home where this can be put on show and celebrated to the benefit of the whole community. We’ll also be open to ideas that bring artists from further afield to an accessible location for our community.
We are planning on having a schedule of artist-led events throughout the year and are currently working on the details.
Askew Gallery @ CP Architects, 159 Askew Road, London W12 9AU
PLEASE NOTE: Access to gallery is down spiral staircase.
Instagram: @askewgallery
Launch Exhibition
Our first exhibition is For the Love of Flowers, bringing together three local artists inspired by their passion for flowers:
Isabel Dodd works in textiles to recreate the structures and shapes of individual flowers into sculptural pieces
@Isabel.dodd
Kate Fishenden will show a collection of silkscreen prints based on her watercolours of flowers
@starch_green
Philippa Smith, floral designer, will be creating floral installations, highly Instagrammable!
@francissmithflowers
The exhibition will be open from the 2nd - 7th May, 2024. You are warmly invited to the Private View on 2nd May 5pm - 9pm - speeches at 7pm.
Opening Times: 2nd May 5.00pm - 9.00pm
3rd – 7th May 12.00pm – 5.00pm
PLEASE NOTE: Access to gallery is down spiral staircase.
We are delighted that Philip Wooller is supporting the exhibition.
Events & Workshops
We are going to have a number of events and workshops featuring Isabel, Kate and Philippa over the 5 days of the exhibition within the exhibition space.
Thursday 2nd May 5.00pm – 9.00pm Private View
Saturday 4th May 12.00pm – 2.00pm Meet the Artists
PLEASE NOTE: Access to gallery is down spiral staircase.
Book Workshops Below:
Gallery Shop
The Gallery Shop will feature a range of cards, prints, T-Shirts, Tea Towels and other flower related gifts exclusive to the gallery shop
Opening Times: 2nd May 5.00pm - 9.00pm
3rd – 7th May 12.00pm – 5.00pm
PLEASE NOTE: Access to gallery is down spiral staircase.
Events & Workshops
Flower Crown Workshop - Live Life in Full Bloom: make your own flower crown & light up every room!
Fri 3 May 2024 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Join Philippa, of Francis Smith Flowers, to build your own flower crown to celebrate the Early May Bank Holiday.
All flowers, tools & equipment will be provided.
Plus, there will be a glass or two of Laylo Wine to enjoy and help ease those creative design decisions.
Philippa will lead you through the mechanics behind making a secure, but gorgeous flower crown, ready to be worn all bank-holiday long.
Suitable for beginners but ages 14+
Location
Askew Gallery @ CP Architects, 159 Askew Road, W12 9AU
PLEASE NOTE: Access to gallery is down spiral staircase.
Upcycle with Embroidered Flowers
Sat 4 May 2024 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Join Isabel Dodd [B.A.& M.A. RCA Embroidered Textiles] for an afternoon of hand embroidery.
Bring along an old jumper/cardigan or t-shirt and Isabel will show you how to add embroidery to give them a new lease of life.
Isabel will teach you stitches to create your own embroidered posy of flowers on your clothes.
She will have all the threads and tools needed and will also provide drinks and snacks.
The class is suitable for complete beginners and also, those with experience of hand sewing.
All adults and teenagers welcome.
Location
Askew Gallery @ CP Architects, 159 Askew Road, W12 9AU
PLEASE NOTE: Access to gallery is down spiral staircase.
Guided trip to the Chiswick Flower Market followed by making your own hand-tied bouquet
Sun 5 May 2024 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Come and meet Philippa bright and early at Chiswick Flower Market, she will give you a quick tour of the flower-stands and help you to choose your own blooms, she will advise and recommend which combinations of flowers will work together.
Then via a little trip on the 237 Bus, we will all come back to the Askew Gallery together and she will lead you through the best techniques to condition your flowers and create your own gorgeous Spring Hand-tied Bouquet, completely designed by you.
If you would prefer to arrange directly into your favourite vase then feel free to bring it along.
There will be a selection of foliage for you to work with at the Gallery but all Flowers are to be purchased at The Chiswick Flower Market.
MEET Philippa at TAMP Coffee on Devonshire Road from 8am if you want to meet beforehand for a coffee and talk all things flowers, or head to there for 9am to meet Philippa & the other workshop participants.
Ticket Price includes all tools & equipment needed, instruction, a selection of foliage (the flowers you will need to purchase yourself at the Flower Market) and also a coffee & pastry from Burnt to help sustain the creative process.
Location
Askew Gallery @ CP Architects, 159 Askew Road, W12 9AU
PLEASE NOTE: Access to gallery is down spiral staircase.
Pop-In Kid Friendly Flower Workshop - Make your own Jam Jar posy
Bank Holiday Monday, from 12pm-3pm
On Bank holiday Monday, Philippa will be running a pop-in workshop for everyone, but especially as a kid-friendly experience so parents can bring their children, create their own Jam Jar posy together and then take home and enjoy.
It's all about coming along, joining in and have fun playing with the flowers.
Jam Jar Posies will be £15 each, make as many as you would like.
It will take approximately 10-15 minutes per Jam Jar.
We will have plenty of recycled jam jars & flowers for many happy customers however if you have a spare jar at home, feel free to bring it with you. Please note, we have a workshop space for approximately 10 people to sit at, so if it is busy at a certain time we may ask you to wait, and enjoy the other art in the gallery until a place comes free.
Location
Askew Gallery @ CP Architects, 159 Askew Road, W12 9AU
PLEASE NOTE: Access to gallery is down spiral staircase.
There are NO TICKETS for this event, just turn up whenever works for you between 12pm-3pm.
Mindful Floral Calligraphy - Free Drop-In Session
Sunday 5 May, 2-4pm (arrive before 3.30pm)
Tuesday 7 May, 10-12pm (arrive before 11.30am)
Join local calligraphy artist and teacher, Laura Edralin, for this special Mindful Floral Calligraphy session.
Explore the calming art of monoline and faux calligraphy styles with floral designs and themes celebrating 'For the Love of Flowers' exhibition in the gallery.
This is a free drop-in session for adults. Book your spot to come along anytime between:
Sunday 5 May, 2-4pm (arrive before 3.30pm)
Tuesday 7 May, 10-12pm (arrive before 11.30am)
Children 8+ are welcome, but must be supervised by a parent/carer at all times.
Create your name or spring word in calligraphy decorating a tag or bookmark to take home. Spend 30 minutes or enjoy longer getting creative with the calligraphy and floral flourishes Laura will be sharing.
Location
Askew Gallery @ CP Architects, 159 Askew Road, W12 9AU
PLEASE NOTE: Access to gallery is down spiral staircase.
ABOUT THE TEACHER
Laura is a local calligraphy artist and teacher sharing ways to help people support their wellbeing and mental health using creativity and mindfulness, through the art of calligraphy.
@lauraletterslife
About the Artists
Isabel Dodd
Textile artist and Senior Lecturer at Chelsea College of Art Textiles BA
Passionate about flowers, Isabel takes inspiration from flowers grown in her own cutting garden and recreates the structures and shapes using a composite fabric to create flower art pieces.
Insta @isabel.dodd
Philippa Smith
Floral designer and founder of Francis Smith Flowers
Philippa brought Francis Smith - flowers with meaning, into existence in the autumn of 2018, stemming from the idea of bringing floral sublimity to West London whilst celebrating the symbolism & meaning of flowers. She has since blossomed into an established London Florist, creating florals for many weddings & events across the capital and further afield. www.francissmithflowers.com
Insta @francissmithflowers
Kate Fishenden
Artist printmaker
Spending many hours drawing and painting flowers, Kate uses her watercolours as a start point to develop painterly screen prints where the multi-layering of transparent colours creates a luminosity and freshness that evokes the spirit of fresh flowers.
Insta @starch_green
Laura Edralin
Calligraphy artist
Laura is a local calligraphy artist and teacher sharing ways to help people support their wellbeing and mental health using creativity and mindfulness, through the art of calligraphy.
@lauraletterslife
Contributors
Starch Green
Artist Designers
Starch Green created all the branding, design and print-work for Askew Gallery and the Flowers Exhibition.
A studio of two artist designers - Kate Fishenden and Jonathan Mercer, just off the Askew Road.
Individually they are artists producing their own unique works. Together they create design solutions for clients, usually independent businesses local to their West London studio. Their sharp, strategic minds get below the surface of a problem; their sensitive, crafted design delivers beautiful branding.
Insta @starch_green
Warren Hagues & Matt Hedges
At CP Architects
CP Architects Ltd has been part of the Askew Road since 1992. During this time they have served their clients & undertaken many different projects including community buildings & clients’ homes. They have concentrated their work in West London. Their specific local knowledge, professional skills & impartial advice has been the key to realising projects whilst maximising the potential of their clients’ properties & budgets.
Insta @architectsw12
Philip Wooller - EXHIBITION SPONSOR
Estate Agent
Philip Wooller, admired estate agent on Askew Road, has generously sponsored the exhibition.
Insta @philip.wooller
EXHIBITION SUPPORTERS
Laylo is providing their award-winning boxed wines, Burnt Restaurant and October26 Bread and Books, both Askew Road businesses, are providing nibbles.
Insta @drinklaylo
Insta @burnt_restaurant
Insta @october26breadandbooks